The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-17
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.
Newspaper Gossip Concerning Men al
Women of Greater or Less Fame.


Newspaper Gossip Concerning Men and
Women of Greater or Less Fame.
Senator Call, of Florida, writes his
speeches on old envelopes and circus
bills.
Cuatro Dedos, the famous bull fighter,
cleared $40, 900 during his recent trip IN
Mexico.
Stepniak, the celebrated Nihilist au-
thor, will visit the United States in Sep
TENDER.
Mr.. Tilden, according to The London
News, owned property in England to the
value of e13s,000.
Senator Vance has named his new
home "Gombroon, after the capital of
De Quincey's imaginary kingdom,
Miss Anna Goeble is the captain of a
female militia company in Savannah, Ga.
The privates number thirtytwo, and are
well drilled.
George Francis Train is said to have
recently received and declined an offer
of SO, ZOO from a Chicago syndicate for
a series of thirty lectures.
Gen. Boulanger's daughter is about to
become a nun, and his enemies say it is
a shrewd device of his to curry favor
with the clericals.
Ex-Governor Rufus Bullock, of
Georgia, says the southern people are
just discovering what the west learned
quarter of a century ago, that railroads
| must be the pioneers of development.
The Rev. Phillips Brooks, who is
preaching in and about London during
his vacation abroad, fairly takes the
breath of droning English churchgoers
by his rapid delivery. The queen has
commanded the distinguished Ameri-
can divine to appear before her at Wind
sor.
The Marquis de Leuville, who was GO
ing to marry Mrs. Frank Leslie, but did
not, is now reported to be the son of a
London halter. He bought his title and
| coat of arms at a good round figure, and
| the thrifty old gent works In the coat of
arms as trade mark on hat Innings.
Jonathan H. Green, who forty years
| ago was widely known as the Reformed
Gambler and who has written four
| books on the evils of gambling, includ=
| ing confession, is still living in Phil
| adelphia, and has just celebrated his 10Th
birthday He is still hearty, and able to
work steadily at his trade as painter.
| At the French bazar held in London
| during the present season the wheel of
| fortune was presided over by Miss Cham
berlain, of the United States. She is no
| longer designated as ''the American
| beauty not that her charms are fading,
but because other American roses are
blooming in England's social parterre,
and sharing royal favors.
Miss Grace Howard, of New York city,
has gone to Dakota, where she has es-
tablished an industrial school for the
not gone out as missionary but to
teach the Indian women to cut and make
clothing and household articles for them
selves and their families. Indian girls,
Miss Howard says, do not make good
servants, but they are willing and anx-
ious to learn to help themselves as native
born American girls do.
Buffalo Bill was never a member Of
the Nebraska legislature, says The Omaha
World, He ran once in Buffalo county
against fellow of the name of Ashbur-
ton and received his certificate Of cleo.
ton. Ashburton contested the seat, how,
ever, and won, but before the case was
decided Cody had sent in his resignation
and made ready to embark in the show
business. He would not have served il
he had been elected, and he could not
have served if he had not resigned; Sc
it is apparent that no man in Nebraska
has been further from legislative mem
bership than Buffalo Bill.
The Reno Journal says: "When Mr.
Gibson took charge of the Pyramid
agency he concluded to give names to al
the Indian children, and has named
them after his friends or public men. The
little folk are proud of their American
names and like to hear the history of tht
great men they are named after Among
the boys there is Mark Twain, Professol
Young, Bill Gibson, Andy Jackson, Pet
Dunn, John Logan, James G, Fair, J. P
Jones, John Gillig, Jim Blaine, Dr. Daw
son, George Cassidy, jeff Davis, ant
ii:s..:anv others. The girls have an Emm:
Nevada, Adelina Patti, Clara Morris
Ella Bender, Laura Holman. Maud
Doane, Lilly Snyder, and Others"
Mrs. Jeanette NJ. Thurber, who's,
name is known all over the country il
| connection with the National Opera com
pany, is handsome brunette with larg'
hazel eyes and dazzling teeth. lShe wear
her hair combed high off her forehead il
the style known as that of la pompadour
Her skirts are like the skirts of any othe
| woman's dress, but she wears a coat ant
waistco-t of the most ultra tailor mad,
style, with a turned down linen coilal
held together with loosely tied SIX tie
Her watch chain is made of Egyptian
scarabs, and runs through a Duttonhol,
from waistcoat pocket to waistcoa
pocket On her shapely hands she wears
a number of curious and valuable rings
In the winter Mrs. Thurber lives in New
York. In the summer she rusticates il
the Catskills, in very primitive style o
mountain cottage, which she calls Lotto
Land" Her writing paper from Lotto
Land is made to represent birch bark
and the imitation is 80 good that on,
might think she had torn it off the near
est tree rather than that it came from /:
stationsr's shop.